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Aug. 31, 2023
Air Force, Army Battle Labs work with DARPA on ASTARTE, new C2 capability

Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, also known as the U.S. Air Force’s ABMS Battle Lab, recently experimented with joint partners that helped evolve a new joint airspace management and joint fires capability.
Nov. 13, 2022
X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle concludes 6th successful mission

The U.S. Space Force’s unmanned, reusable spaceplane, X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle-6, successfully deorbited and landed after completing a 908-day mission.
Aug. 18, 2022
Air Force experiments to expedite kill chain, improve battle management

The TOC-L event was designed to continue U.S. Air Force development of future battle management concepts intended to expedite kill chains and improve distributed control.
June 5, 2022
ShOC-N battle lab hosts distributed command and control event

The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center - Nellis is the U.S. Air Force’s premier battle lab supporting the development, advancement, and maturation of key technologies and capabilities designed to compress the kill-chain for joint and coalition warfighters.
Feb. 2, 2018
Air Force announces next steps in light attack experimentation

Following the Light Attack Experiment conducted in August 2017, the Air Force announced its intention to continue experimenting with two non-developmental aircraft, the Textron Aviation AT-6 Wolverine and the Sierra Nevada/Embraer A-29 Super Tucano, from May to July 2018 at Davis-Monthan Air Force
Sept. 26, 2017
Air Force releases call to industry for directed energy experimentation as part of flight plan

The Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation Office recently released a request for information to industry as part of market research analyses in support of an upcoming experimentation demonstration using directed energy technology to counter unmanned aircraft systems.

U.S. Air Force News

Air Force, Army Battle Labs work with DARPA on ASTARTE, new C2 capability

X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle concludes 6th successful mission

Air Force experiments to expedite kill chain, improve battle management

ShOC-N battle lab hosts distributed command and control event

Air Force announces next steps in light attack experimentation

Air Force releases call to industry for directed energy experimentation as part of flight plan